To ask whether you enjoy your job?

[Bollypears]

..... and if so, what do you do?!

I work in Corporate Governance and it’s mind numbingly boring and monotonous. I fell in to this career years ago rather than choosing it but now my experience, qualifications and skills are all very specific to this field and don’t seem to be particularly transferable. Due to my role being quite specialist and well paid, it’s not easy to change career without taking a substantial pay cut which I just can’t really do (mortgage etc).

Every day consists of clock watching, wishing the day away and thinking about how much I’d rather be anywhere else but there. I work with nice people, the role is relatively low stress, performance wise I’m doing well... I’m just utterly bored and demotivated inside. From Monday onwards I count down to the weekend and even by Sunday I feel horrendous about the thought of another week at work.

Some of my colleagues appear to love their job and I wonder whether I’m the odd one out. I often daydream about quitting the job all together or getting signed off work just for a break from the boredom, but of course I don’t. I sit at my desk and/or in meetings thinking to myself, is this really how life is supposed to be?

I’m genuinely interested to know whether others feel the same or if this isn’t the norm. I know those who come across me at work would have no idea I feel this way. I can’t speak to many people about this IRL as it’s a bit shameful. I know I should be grateful to be in well paid employment but it doesn’t help how I feel.

For those who do enjoy their jobs, I’m very interested to know what you do if you don’t mind sharing please!

Firefighter and love it!

I work in a kitchen (you can probably guess where based on my name)
Pt 3 days a week, been with same company since I was 18 I love my job. It’s not fancy in any way, pay isn’t brilliant and it’s absolutely exhausting hard work but I work with lovely people, find the work fun and enjoy my work life balance. This was in no way my life plan but having 4 dc meant my career cane second. But I’m happy with my job despite the bad rep it probably gets

I really enjoy it. Lots of travel, lots of perks, I'm well paid with a generous pension and 20% bonus, work with brilliant people. I would love to be able to afford my current lifestyle whilst not working though

I'm a lawyer. I don't really enjoy my job anymore. The level of stress is far too much and I would have preferred to do something more worthwhile.

I work in an international school. I love my job.

The children I work with are uniformly wonderful, I have great friends and a lovely department, and the small classes and lower timetable allocation mean that I am able to have a good work-life balance. I have great holidays, I’m well paid and I live in a lovely building with swimming pools and a gym - all paid for by my employer.

Today I taught poetry, discussed the role of Gerald in An Inspector Calls, watched a musical performance, and marked some lovely essays that cheered me right up. Tomorrow I’m teaching Romeo and Juliet and I’m looking forward to it. I honestly can’t believe I get paid to talk about stuff that I love all day.

It has its stresses and its tricky moments but overall I feel like I can’t possibly complain.

I also have a very boring job, but as another pp said I'm paid well for part time and flexible so I can't really leave yet. What has helped me though is studying for a degree with open uni. I've picked something I'm really interested with good career prospects and it's keeping me going. I'm just biding my time till I've finished my degree and can get out admin forever (hopefully).

Maybe if you have enough free time you could try it? You'd need 14-16 hours a week. I love it! Makes me feel like more than mother and wife!

I really enjoyed my job. I worked for social housing and managed housing association estates, as well as housing people and tackling rent arrears.

I've been a sahm since 2011 and in a couple of weeks i start back in to social housing, this time focussing on anti social behaviour and i cant wait.

Teacher for 22 years. Some days I love it and others I want to quit. The demands have changed so much. Teach 2 subjects; one I passionately love the other I find tedious sometimes due to curriculum changes.

I work in finance (tax). Did I dream of being a tax advisor when I was growing up? Er, no. But I never really had a vocation so I opted for a job that paid me well so at least I could enjoy my time outside of work and it does tick that box. I also work part-time which in my field is very rare, so I'm lucky in that respect.

Most days I don't mind it. Some days I enjoy it. Some days I abso-fucking-lutely hate it. I work for a nice company, the work is fairly varied, the people are nice. But I've always felt like I could be doing something better. I just don't know what.

Foster parent and I love it, the money is crap though

Self employed office work type stuff for DH. Love it and hate it in equal measures. I love that I make my own money but hate the loneliness of working in the office on my own, and don't have any freedom people often associate with being self employed, along with DH being my boss and it sometimes affecting our relationship. It's not so bad now but gone through really awful patches with it.

My dream job is a teacher, but I don't think that's that great now according to teacher friends and posts on here.

Comethefuckonbridget

I also work with my DH your right it does affect your relationship, I also agree that you don't have the freedom people think.

We took over from another married couple he ended up with depression, it nearly broke them and I must say we are in the process of passing the business on and I've never felt freer knowing that the responsibility of it all is gradually disappearing.

I can't wait to be a cog in the wheel again where I can pass the buck😄

I'm a Safeguarding and Pastoral Lead in a school. I love my job and feel lucky to be doing something I'm so passionate about.
People hear the word 'safeguarding' and immediately think 'abuse and neglect' but I deal with all kinds of issues such as Mental health (parents as well as students), bereavement, youth offending and gang culture, Child Sexual Exploitation, young people with complex physical health needs, radicalisation, young carers, substance misuse, county lines, homelessness...the list is endless because the challenges are growing all the time. But I love that because there's always something new to learn. I work four days a week, term time only and unlike my Teaching colleagues rarely have to take work home with me so I feel like I've got a good work/life balance. I have a lot more autonomy than I've had in previous roles and feel that my work is valued and respected within the organisation which definitely helps.

Doctor. Hate my job.
Used to love it, not so much now. So much of a blame culture that every decision I make haunts me for days afterwards. Not very well paid. Understaffed. Stressful. Have to go home and study for hours to pass postgraduate exams.
Think I’ll consider a career change soon

I'm a head teacher, today has been a good day,in fact this week has been good,I looked around at the kids at lunch today and thought how much I love it. However ,this time tomorrow or next week, you could ask and I'll be plotting my way out.Its such an intense job, it can be wonderful and awful!

Yes sahm and charity worker

Zero pay though

Every day consists of clock watching, wishing the day away and thinking about how much I’d rather be anywhere else but there. I work with nice people, the role is relatively low stress, performance wise I’m doing well...

Mine is/was similar
I did all holiday planning, passport renewal, insurance gas and electric etc at work

I also have flexible working so would wfh and let the delivery guy in, supervise the DIY blokes.

I’d take long lunches and run errands - click and collects mail stuff. Once I got bold I’d go get manis, massage and hair cut /colour

I think for most people it has a shelf life though...
I am going to have to find something more interesting as other devil makes work for my idle hands and there is no life admin left!?!

I’ve worked for the same company for over thirty years. They have treated me well. I have done many jobs in that time but the one I am doing right now I don’t like, I’ve loved some others.

I am constantly working above my grade, out of my comfort zone and challenged and stressed. I only stay because I am well paid and of an age where I am overpaying into my pension and counting down the days.

Sad, I wish I was currently doing a job I loved again.

I'm a university lecturer and I love my job.

Im a community care assistant. The job role itself I really love, working with the elderly, caring, helping, listening etc.
But we are treated like shite by the management. Far too many calls, always running late, not enough time to properly ‘care’, too many clients taken on and not enough staff to cover them properly. And obviously the money is shit too.
It’s not worth the stress and I’m looking for a new job ASAP. Which is a shame really as i really care about my clients.

I absolutely love my job. I am a primary school teacher and honestly every day that I am there, I smile, laugh and feel proud in equal measures.
I also have very stressful hard times too but it is so worth it.

I’m a business development manager for a niche law firm. I generally love it (today was a bit crap but I’ve been off for a week and today was the first day back tackling the email pile!)

I’ve done this job in a couple of places now but this one is the best because of the people. I’m relatively well paid and I enjoy what I do - tbh I could envisage not leaving for a decade (there 2 years so far).

I think what it’s taught me is that, while my priorities are money and the work itself (in that order!) you’re just going through the motions unless you can do that in a place where you genuinely like the people.

There are fleeting moments when I hate it. But most of the time I love it as there's always new challenges and advancements.

I'm an electrical design engineer.

Until I discovered teaching, I never had a job I liked. I’ve had so many jobs! Mainly office admin, PA and health and safety. None of those jobs were busy, challenging or interesting and I had no motivation.

I found office work so boring. My last job (health and safety advisor in the Civil Service) made me retrain as a teacher. I used to sit in a damp basement in my own office doing nothing all day. Almost everybody else was military personnel who ignored or gawped at me. I actually went for four weeks not seeing anybody else! My line manager (military) was also a dickhead! 😂

I work in a prison helping with resettlement back into the community. I love my job although as with everything we are always under resourced so it can be frustrating. I get to meet a real variety of people with some interesting stories to tell. The pay is a bit shit but it is my first "proper" job after being a SAHM and it fits in really well around the kids.